William Josiah Bolstridge b. 1825 Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. 1886 Aston, : Registration District, England

1825 - 1886 (61 years)

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Name	William Josiah Bolstridge
Birth	1825	Bedworth, Warwickshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Name	Josiah Bolstridge
Residence	1851	King William Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Between 1851 and 1861
	Ribbon Weaver
Residence	1861	Bulkington Lane, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	1864
	Railway Policeman
Residence at marriage	1874	Railway Terrace, Duddleston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Residence	1881	Coventry Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]
Death	1886	Aston, : Registration District, England [3]
GRO Death Index	Mar 1886
	Aston 6d - 229 Age 61
Notes	1841 Census Enly Foleshill see notes father *************************************** 1851 Census King Wm St, Coventry Holy Trinity Coventry, Warwickshire Wm. BOLSTRIDGE Head M 26 M Ribbon Weaver Bedworth - War Martha BOLSTRIDGE Wife M 24 F Ribbon Weaver Bedworth - War Harriett BOLSTRIDGE Daur - 5 F --- Bedworth - War Thomas BOLSTRIDGE Son - 3 M --- Bedworth - War Emily BOLSTRIDGE Daur - 5m F --- Coventry-War ************************************************************** 1861 Census RG9/2199 Bulkington Lane Bedworth Josiah Bolstridge Head 34 Ribbon Factory Weaver b. Bedworth Martha " Wife 32 Ribbon Factory Picker b. Griff Harriet " Dau 16 ---------- " ---------- b. Bedworth Thomas " Son 14 ---------- " ----------- " Emily " Dau 9 Scholar b. Coventry Samuel " Son 7 b. Bedworth William " " 7months " *************************************************************** 1871 Census RG10/ 3144 Folio 68 37 Railway Terrace, Duddleston, Aston, Birmingham; WAR William Bolstridge Head 45 Porter b. Bedworth Martha " Wife 44 Charwoman b. Bedworth William " Son 10 b. Bedworth Alfred " Son 8 b. Birmingham Mary Ann " Dau 5 b. " ********************************************************* 1881 Census Coventry St, 4 Court 6 House, Birmingham RG11/ 2989 Folio 34 Ann TURNER U 49 F Birmingham, Warwick, England Rel:Head Occ:Charwoman Charlotte U 6 F Bedworth, Leicester, England Rel: Grand Daur Occ:Scholar William BOLSTRIDGE U 52 M Birmingham, Warwick, England Rel:Boarder Occ:Porter Mary Ann BOLSTRIDGEU16 FBirmingham, Warwick, England Rel:Boarder Occ:Umbrella Maker NB William's son Samuel married a Selina Turner And his Mother was Mary Turner ! ******************************************************************** From " The Bolstridges alias Bulstrode of Bedworth " Norman Dudley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In August 1861, the Vicar of Bulkington, near Bedworth, recorded in his parish register that some 27 members of six local families were emigrating to Canada in consequence of the continued depression of the ribbon trade and that, at that time, there were 83 vacant houses in the parish. A year or two later, William Josiah Bolstridge (4 x great grandson of Thomas and Rebecca Bulstrode alias Bolstridge), who was born at Bedworth in 1825, and his wife, Martha Jaques, descendant of a once prosperous Huguenot family, who was born at Griff, in the parish of Chilvers Coton, both previously employed as ribbon weavers, as were their two eldest children, left their home in Bulkington Lane, Bedworth, and took their children to start a new life at Aston juxta Birmingham. In 1861, William Josiah's father, Thomas, then aged 80, and Martha's grandmother, Mary Jaques, aged 77, both formerly ribbon weavers , were inmates of Bedworth Almshouses. Martha's father, Thomas, and grandfather, Thomas Jaques, had both been miners at the Griff colliery. Their ancestor, William Jaques, a yeoman of Chilvers Coton Woodland, was recorded in the 1674 Hearth Tax Returns as having a house with six chargeable hearths Mary, the first wife of Mr. Jaques of Coton Parish was buried in the Churchyard of Astley parish church on 17th February 1682. At that time, he was serving as a bailiff on the estate of the Newdigates of Arbury Hall. William Josiah and Martha Jaques were married at Chilvers Coton parish church on 2nd September 1844. After their move to Aston, William Josiah (sometimes recorded as William and sometimes as Josiah) found employment as a railway porter and waggoner. Martha died there in 1874 at the age of 46, having borne twelve children, five of whom died in infancy. William Josiah and Martha's son Samuel, who was born at Bedworth on 29th April 1854, was a young schoolboy when his parents moved to Aston, He married twice, having two children, Samuel and Ann Selina, by his first wife, Selina Turner, who died at the age of 26, and nine children by his second wife, Clara, daughter of William and Emma Cherry and granddaughter of Mark Cherry, a watchmaker, who was born in Buckinghamshire, where the family had lived since the 17th century. The Bolstridges alias Bulstrode of Bedworth
Person ID	I1525	bolstridge
Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

Father	Thomas Bolstridge, b. Sep 1781, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. Dec 1866, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 85 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Turner, b. 1782, Warwickshire, England d. 8 Feb 1848, Exhall, Warwickshire, England (Age 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	16 Mar 1816	All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England [4]
Witness	George X Farndon
Witness	Thomas Smith
Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Martha Jaques, b. 1826, Griff, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. 1874, Aston, : Registration District, England (Age 48 years)

GRO Index Sep 1844

Nuneaton 16 - 443

Marriage 2 Sep 1844 All Saints, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England [5]

Witness William Moore

Witness Ann Johnson

Minister Henry Halle Vicar

Children

+	1. Harriet Bolstridge, b. 1845, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England [natural]
+	2. Serg. Thomas Bolstridge, b. 1847, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. 1925, Birmingham North, : Registration District, England (Age 78 years) [natural]
	3. Emily Bolstridge, b. 1850, Coventry, Warwickshire, England d. 1924, Birmingham North, : Registration District, England (Age 74 years) [natural]
	4. William Josiah Bolstridge, b. Sep 1852, Coventry, Warwickshire, England d. Mar 1854, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 1 year) [natural]
+	5. Samuel Bolstridge, b. 29 Mar 1854, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. 17 Jan 1934, Bromsgrove, : Registration District, England (Age 79 years) [natural]
	6. William Josiah Bolstridge, b. Jan 1856, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. Nov 1856, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 0 years) [natural]
	7. William Joseph Bolstridge, b. 5 Oct 1857, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England d. Feb 1861, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 3 years) [natural]
	8. William Bolstridge, b. 26 Aug 1860, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England [natural]
	9. Alfred Bolstridge, b. 1863, Aston, : Registration District, England [natural]
	10. Mary Ann Rhoda Bolstridge, b. 1865, Aston, : Registration District, England [natural]
	11. Elizabeth Bolstridge, b. 1869, Aston, : Registration District, England d. 1870, Aston, : Registration District, England (Age 1 year) [natural]

Family ID F1387 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Mar 2023

Family 2	Gressum Hunter, b. 1824 d. 1879, Birmingham, : Registration District, England (Age 55 years)
Marriage	20 Sep 1874	Holy Trinity, Bordesley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [6]
Witness	James X Tonks
Witness	Caroline X Brazier
Family ID	F1367	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 1825 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Marriage - 2 Sep 1844 - All Saints, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England
	Child - Harriet Bolstridge - 1845 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - Serg. Thomas Bolstridge - 1847 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - Emily Bolstridge - 1850 - Coventry, Warwickshire, England
	Residence - 1851 - King William Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
	Child - William Josiah Bolstridge - Sep 1852 - Coventry, Warwickshire, England
	Child - Samuel Bolstridge - 29 Mar 1854 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - William Josiah Bolstridge - Jan 1856 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - William Joseph Bolstridge - 5 Oct 1857 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - William Bolstridge - 26 Aug 1860 - Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Residence - 1861 - Bulkington Lane, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
	Child - Alfred Bolstridge - 1863 - Aston, : Registration District, England
	Child - Mary Ann Rhoda Bolstridge - 1865 - Aston, : Registration District, England
	Child - Elizabeth Bolstridge - 1869 - Aston, : Registration District, England
	Residence at marriage - 1874 - Railway Terrace, Duddleston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Marriage - 20 Sep 1874 - Holy Trinity, Bordesley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Residence - 1881 - Coventry Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Death - 1886 - Aston, : Registration District, England

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Sources

[S19] Public Records Office, 1851 Census Warwickshire, (Name: Resource file LDS Transcript;), HO/107/2068Folio:367Page:7, HO 107.
See Notes
[S31] Public Records Office, 1881 British Census, (Name: LDS Resource CD Rom;), Railway Porter and Boarder, RG 11.
[S52] General Records Office, An Unrequested GRO Index, (Name: On Line at : www.findmypast.com;).
[S548] Parish Registers WAR, Bedworth 1653 - 1876, (Name: LDS Film of Original Registers;), 16 Mar 1816, FHL Film 555453-6.
Thomas Bolstridge = Mary X Smith
[S555] Parish Registers WAR, Chilvers Coton C 1813-1878; M 1781-1812, 1837-1868, (Name: LDS Film of Original Registers;), Sept 2 1844, 0557299.
William Josiah X Bolstridge Under Age Bach Weaver of Bedworth (Father not stated ?) =
Martha X Jaques under age Spin Weaver of Griff dau Thomas Jaques deceased collier
[S394] Parish Registers Birmingham, St. Andrew's Bordesley, (Name: Film of Original Registers;), Film M371, M372.
Sept 20 1874By Banns
William Bolstridge Widower F/A Porter of Railway Terrace son Thomas Labourer =
Gressum Hobson F/A Widow dau George Hunter painter
Witnessed by James X Tonks and Caroline X Brazier
NB William signed Bulstridge